A bend in the road is not the end of the road-- unless you fail to make the turn.

BAD DADS OF THE BIBLE--LOT

The two angels arrived at Sodom…

and Lot was
sitting in the gateway of the city.

Genesis 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah
were wicked places long before Lot arrived. Yet, he chose to move there anyway and
became a respected leader in the most perverted twin-cities in the region. His
neighbors, co-workers, and friends were vile and twisted people, but there were
exciting career opportunities and the weather was beautiful. Lot may have excused
his continued stay by thinking that he was a good influence; instead, he got
comfortable with their sin. While Lot thought he was conquering Sodom, Sodom
was conquering his family. His wife was destroyed and the girls ended up
committing incest with their father.

Power, money, and success
are strong lures, and many fathers sacrifice everything for them. They, like
Lot, see a great opportunity and ignore everything else. They brush off the
warning cries of “What about your family?” by insisting that they’re “doing this
for them.” So they throw money, possessions, and permission at the kids instead
of time, attention, and instruction. They assume the schools will educate them,
the church will spiritualize them, and the mom will discipline them. Only too
late do they realize that while they were conquering the world, the world was
conquering their kids. Don’t be a Lot.